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Re: Sumner Line using Ex-meridians
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Nov 18, 06:22 -0800
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Nov 18, 06:22 -0800
I agree with Andrés; you'd have to know the azimuth to at least 2 decimal places...
http://www.navigation-spreadsheets.com/navigation_triangles.html#one_body_fix
Peter Hakel
http://www.navigation-spreadsheets.com/navigation_triangles.html#one_body_fix
Peter Hakel
On Monday, November 18, 2013 6:52 AM, Andrés Ruiz <navigationalalgorithms@gmail.com> wrote:
The
only way to obtain a fix with the observation of one celestial body is to measure its altitude and its azimuth: two unknowns, two equations. Graphically very easy to understand.
Today impossible at sea!. There is no accurate enough azimuth available.
: http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=125535
